Top 5 Ways of Cooking with Parsley
There are several ways of using parsley but here are the top 5 ways of cooking with parsley. Parsley is a humble ingredient, yet it is very versatile. It is inexpensive, easy to grow in your garden or a container pot. An antioxidant, it is rich in Vitamin A, K and C. In other words, it is easy on the budget, and very good for your health.
Many recipes call for parsley as a garnish, where you sprinkle a few chopped parsley. This results in leftover parsley that often go to waste. Here are the top 5 ways of cooking with parsley, that will ensure you not a single parsley stem or leaf will go to waste.
Parsley Pesto Sauce
Ingredients:
(2) tbsp Fresh Parsley,
(2) tbsp Pine nuts,
(1) tbsp Olive Oil,
(4) tbsp Parmesan cheese
Put fresh parsley, pine nuts, olive oil and parmesan cheese in blender to make a parsley pesto sauce that can be used with your pasta. It can also be used on a pizza, as a sandwich dressing, or a salad dressing.
Sauteed Parsley
This is a simple little recipe where you sautee chopped onions, chopped parsley and curry leaves together. Add black pepper powder, salt and lemon Juice. Serve warm as a side dish or cold as a salad. The whole process takes less than 15 minutes.
Parsley Cilantro Chutney
Ingredients:
2 bunches Parsley, Cilantro or mixture
Juice from 1/2 lemon
5 cloves garlic
1/2 onion
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Blend the above together to make a chutney.
Add some yogurt and you have a dip.
Note: Cilantro is a good parsley substitute. There is always the issue of parsley versus cilantro. Which herb to use for what dishes. For a chutney, cilantro does well as a parsley substitute. However, it is not a good substitute for sauteed parsley dishes, because cilantro does not have the robust fibrous crunchy texture of parsley.
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Lemon Parsley Rice
This is one of my favorite way of serving rice. Cook rice the usual way. Once it is done, add some butter, chopped parsley and lemon juice. Stir together. You have just made a very simple rice dish into something delightful.
Photo by Akemy Mory on Unsplash
Lemon Parsley Potato
This dish uses exactly the same concept as Lemon Parsley Rice. Steam peeled potatoes until tender. Add lemon juice and finely chopped parsley and serve. The photo below shows very little parsley. I myself would add a lot more parsley.
Parsley Green Smoothies
One last minute addition, which should now add up to the 6th way of using parsley. It turned out that Parsley is one of the more popular ingredients in making a green smoothie.
Check out our Kiwi Parsley Mint Smoothie Recipe.
Try out different parsley smoothie variations such as:
Parsley Cucumber Smoothie
Parsley Pineapple Smoothie
Parsley Grape Lemon Smoothie
Parsley Apple Pear Smoothie
The sauteed parsley looks yummy! That could be a great addition to several different meals! Thanks for the post!
Parsley has a unique taste that’s not overpowering but can really add up to every dish that certain flavor. I love parsley.
I love pesto sauce! Though I certainly would not crave for it every day.
I just love pesto, it would be great to make my own!
Indeed, Very interesting ways of cooking parsley. Lemon parsley potato is my favorite here.
Parsley is one of my favorite cooking ingredients! My grandmother always made Tabbouleh. That is where my love for parsley started. Your chutney recipe is calling my name, thank you for sharing
I never knew how to really cook with parsley before. I see them on dishes in restaurants but never use it (unless it is crushed). I am going to try these tips and recipes out with parsley in future dishes. Thanks.
These are some amazing ways to cook parsley. Thanks for sharing I will definitely going to try this
These are great ideas of how to use parsley in cooking. I am growing my own parsley and always have too much of it (it’s a very easy plant to grow), but I usually use it fresh, on top of dishes. Would be interesting to make a pesto out of it.
Wow, didn’t know you can do that with parsley. I should share this with my mommy friends. Thanks for sharing.
All five uses of parsley are looking delicious, parsley is really a humble ingredient.
I love adding parsely into my food. I am amazed with the many ways we can use parsley. I will try these suggestions out.
I can’t wait to make the sauce, it looks sooooooo good, i love pesto…Lemon Parsley potatoes, looks amazing. WIll do it this afternoon.
This is very interesting. I’ve only used parsley as a garnish – well maybe for sauce. I’ll be trying that sauteed parsley.
Really great post with amazing pics!
I love parsley and have heard of some of these recipies, but could read a few new ones as well. Definitely a must try the parsley cilantro pesto.
Great ways to cook Pasley!
Interesting ways to cook parsley. I would like to try them for sure.